SOURCE (DUBLIN): FIELD OF WATER 2011

Source (Dublin): Field of Water is the continuation of a project about water quality, accessibility and sustainability that began in Washington, DC in 2010 and is now acted out in Dublin. 

With the help of the local community tap water will be gathered from over 100 residential and commercial sites to create an archive of water samples.  Miming the almost Sisyphean acts of collecting water in some parts of the world, Coble will during a one-day performance, transport these samples into a purifying water fountain that will cleanse the water  continuously. At the end of the performance water from all over the city, now in this central source, will be available for community consumption the rest of the exhibition period.

The project addresses the economic, ecological and health issues related to the commercialization and commoditization of water.  Where does your local water come from, and do you trust its reported quality? Who has access to pure water; how long will local and global water supplies last, what are the costs, financially and ethically, of bottling and transporting water?